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Pedro Díaz Molina
Pedro Antonio Díaz Molina was a Cuban general who was the only former slave that was a major general in the Cuban Liberation Army. Origins and the Ten Years' War Pedro was born in the town of Yaguajay, Cuba, Yaguajay, in Las Villas, Cuba, on January 17, 1850. He was the son of Caesarea Regla who was a slave, he adopted the surnames of his owners, being a slave himself. On October 10, 1868, the Ten Years' War broke out and in February 1869, the first pro-independence rebels rose up in the Las Villas Province. Having heard the news of the arrests, Pedro fled from his hacienda in April of that same year, to join the mambises. In said war, Díaz fought under the orders of generals Salomé Hernández, Francisco Villamil, Carlos Roloff, Miguel Jerónimo Gutiérrez, Honorato del Castillo, and the brothers Federico Fernández Cavada, Federico and Adolfo Fernández Cavada. At the end of the war in 1878, Díaz was under the command of then Colonel Francisco Carrillo Morales, in the Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaguajay, Cuba
Yaguajay () is a municipality and town in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba. It is located in the northern part of the province, and borders the Bay of Buena Vista to the north. The Caguanes National Park (protecting swamp and coastal ecosystems, caves and mural art) is located in Yaguajay. Geography The municipality was divided into the barrios of Bamburanao, Cabecera, Centeno, Mayajigua, Meneses and Seibabo. It is currently divided into the ''consejos populares'' (popular councils, i.e. hamlets) of CAI Aracelio Iglesias, El Río, Iguará, Itabo, Jarahueca, La Loma, Mayajigua, Meneses, CAI Obdulio Morales, Perea, Sansaricq, Seibabo, CAI Simón Bolivar, Turquino I, Turquino II and Venegas. History It was founded in 1847 and established as a municipality in 1879, then part of the province of Las Villas. The Battle of Yaguajay Camilo Cienfuegos fought an important battle in this city one of the last battles of the Cuban Revolution in 1958 defeating a Cuban Army Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
